Ahh Backpacking, want to know what the best solid or alcohol fuel is? Here is a little test
Triox, Hexamethalene, Alcohol, and yea C4 Military explosives........ Sorry no canister fuels here....
Ahh Backpacking, want to know what the best solid or alcohol fuel is? Here is a little test
Triox, Hexamethalene, Alcohol, and yea C4 Military explosives........ Sorry no canister fuels here....
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Got to love those Mythbusters. So, hexamethalene was the winner which is what Esbit stoves use. It's a shame these tablets are not more readily available on the AT since they do a good job of boiling water, they are simple to use, they have a long shelf life and they only weigh 1/2 ounce each. Certainly works better with a wind screen but that can probably said about almost any fuel used in backpacking stoves. I use these Esbit tablets with a Varga Triad Titanium stove (flipped upside down)which weighs about an ounce. System has worked well for me.
I'm glad the C4 didn't do that good of a job; it's gotten so hard to find.
Con men understand that their job is not to use facts to convince skeptics but to use words to help the gullible to believe what they want to believe - Thomas Sowell
Esbit stinks like fish, great for bringing bears in for close up pictures!
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Thank you for sharing.
What about "Whill P" you know the great stuff that Uncle Sam made back in Vietnam. Guaranteed to cook your meals and then some. When I was a scout, we used something called Girl Scout Water (high octane automotive grade fuel or anything else our devilish little hands could get a hold of. I wonder how these alternative fuels could compare to some of the stuff Mythbusters tested out.
I new this would start a good thread.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
It seems to me that C4 would be the winner in multi-use - cooking fuel plus so much more with a bit of imagination.
but the det cord gets a little bulky
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Bears love people, they say we taste just like chicken.
I think they might have put some c-4 in there bowl'in ball cannon
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I used one of the Esbit titanium stoves on my Georgia section hike in '06 with a titanium foil windscreen that rolled up to the size of a pencil stub. I got both from www.backpackinglight.com , but they no longer have the ti. windscreen. You'll have to get that from www.titaniumgoat.com . It boiled all the water for each meal I ate (Knorr-Lipton dinners, mostly) and coffee and oatmeal for breakfast. As the cubes burn down they get cooler, so they actually simmer for a couple of minutes before they go out.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Backpacking stove reviews and information: Adventures In Stoving
Backpacking stove reviews and information: Adventures In Stoving
One part C1 and three parts C3 .
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
How old is that video? I don't think the military has issued trioxane in a long time. Something to think about with hexamine (aka Esbit, Methenamine; Urotropine; 1,3,5,7- tetraazaadamantane, Formin, Aminoform) is density. Some tablet are compressed more than others which can affect the burn rate. Like many experiments, this one create more questions than it answers.
Don't really know - its not that old. And I still can get Triox at Surplus stores locally.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo